Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 986
Barcode 331510
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/07/2012 .
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The Committee on Regulated Industries (Altman) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 551.103, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 551.103 Powers and duties of the division and law
8 enforcement.—
9 (1) The division shall adopt, pursuant to the provisions of
10 ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54, all rules necessary to implement,
11 administer, and regulate slot machines and slot machine gaming
12 as authorized in this chapter. Such rules must include:
13 (a) Procedures for applying for a slot machine license and
14 renewal of a slot machine license.
15 (b) Technical requirements and the qualifications contained
16 in this chapter that are necessary to receive a slot machine
17 license or slot machine occupational license.
18 (c) Procedures to scientifically test and technically
19 evaluate slot machines, including all components, hardware, and
20 software for slot machines, for compliance with this chapter.
21 The division may contract with an independent testing laboratory
22 to conduct any necessary testing under this section. The
23 independent testing laboratory must have a national reputation
24 which is demonstrably competent and qualified to scientifically
25 test and evaluate slot machines for compliance with this chapter
26 and to otherwise perform the functions assigned to it in this
27 chapter. An independent testing laboratory shall not be owned or
28 controlled by a licensee. The use of an independent testing
29 laboratory for any purpose related to the conduct of slot
30 machine gaming by a licensee under this chapter shall be made
31 from a list of one or more laboratories approved by the
32 division.
33 (d) Procedures relating to slot machine revenues, including
34 verifying and accounting for such revenues, auditing, and
35 collecting taxes and fees consistent with this chapter.
36 (e) Procedures for regulating, managing, and auditing the
37 operation, financial data, and program information relating to
38 slot machine gaming that allow the division and the Department
39 of Law Enforcement to audit the operation, financial data, and
40 program information of a slot machine licensee, as required by
41 the division or the Department of Law Enforcement, and provide
42 the division and the Department of Law Enforcement with the
43 ability to monitor, at any time on a real-time basis, wagering
44 patterns, payouts, tax collection, and compliance with any rules
45 adopted by the division for the regulation and control of slot
46 machines operated under this chapter. Such continuous and
47 complete access, at any time on a real-time basis, shall include
48 the ability of either the division or the Department of Law
49 Enforcement to suspend play immediately on particular slot
50 machines if monitoring of the facilities-based computer system
51 indicates possible tampering or manipulation of those slot
52 machines or the ability to suspend play immediately of the
53 entire operation if the tampering or manipulation is of the
54 computer system itself. The division shall notify the Department
55 of Law Enforcement or the Department of Law Enforcement shall
56 notify the division, as appropriate, whenever there is a
57 suspension of play under this paragraph. The division and the
58 Department of Law Enforcement shall exchange such information
59 necessary for and cooperate in the investigation of the
60 circumstances requiring suspension of play under this paragraph.
61 (f) Procedures for requiring each licensee at his or her
62 own cost and expense to supply the division with a bond having
63 the penal sum of $2 million payable to the Governor and his or
64 her successors in office for each year of the licensee’s slot
65 machine operations. Any bond shall be issued by a surety or
66 sureties approved by the division and the Chief Financial
67 Officer, conditioned to faithfully make the payments to the
68 Chief Financial Officer in his or her capacity as treasurer of
69 the division. The licensee shall be required to keep its books
70 and records and make reports as provided in this chapter and to
71 conduct its slot machine operations in conformity with this
72 chapter and all other provisions of law. Such bond shall be
73 separate and distinct from the bond required in s. 550.125.
74 (g) Procedures for requiring licensees to maintain
75 specified records and submit any data, information, record, or
76 report, including financial and income records, required by this
77 chapter or determined by the division to be necessary to the
78 proper implementation and enforcement of this chapter.
79 (h) A requirement that the payout percentage of a slot
80 machine be no less than 85 percent.
81 (i) Minimum standards for security of the facilities,
82 including floor plans, security cameras, and other security
83 equipment.
84 (j) Procedures for requiring slot machine licensees to
85 implement and establish drug-testing programs for all slot
86 machine occupational licensees.
87 (k) Specifications of the required internal components for
88 a slot machine, including the configuration and function of the
89 components, and the operating requirements for all hardware and
90 software.
91 (l) Procedures and specifications for slot machines to
92 ensure the random probabilities of winning plays and the
93 specifications for the operation of the random-number generator
94 of each slot machine.
95 Section 2. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of section
96 551.121, Florida Statutes are renumbered as (6), (7), and (8),
97 respectively and new subsections (4) and (5) are added to that
98 section to read:
99 551.121 Prohibited activities and devices; exceptions.—
100 (4) A slot machine may not utilize tangible playing cards,
101 tangible roulette wheels, tangible dice, or tangible chips.
102 (5) A slot machine shall not allow players to wager on a
103 shared result.
104 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming law.
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107 And the title is amended as follows:
108 Delete everything before the enacting clause
109 and insert:
110 A bill to be entitled
111 An act relating to slot machines and slot machine
112 components; amending s. 551.103, F.S.; requiring the
113 Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering within the Department
114 of Business and Professional Regulation to adopt rules
115 regulating slot machines and providing specifications
116 for the internal components of slot machines;
117 requiring that the division adopt specifications and
118 procedures to ensure random probabilities of winning
119 plays and provide for the operation of random-number
120 generators; amending s. 551.121, F.S.; prohibiting a
121 slot machine from utilizing tangible playing cards,
122 roulette wheels, dice or chips; prohibiting players
123 from wagering on a shared result; providing an
124 effective date.